The woods decay, the woods decay and fall.
Interpretation
Nature is in a constant state of change and decline.
This quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson reflects the inevitability of decay and the cyclical nature of life. It implies that everything in nature, including woods, is subject to the processes of deterioration and renewal, reminding us of the transience of beauty and existence.
In practice
When discussing the cycle of life in a nature documentary.
Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For though from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar.
How many a father have I seen, A sober man, among his boys, Whose youth was full of foolish noise.
O Love! what hours were thine and mine, In lands of palm and southern pine; In lands of palm, of orange-blossom, Of olive, aloe, and maize and vine!
Earth is dry to the centre,_x000D_ But spring, a new comer,_x000D_ A spring rich and strange,_x000D_ Shall make the winds blow_x000D_ Round and round,_x000D_ Thro' and thro',_x000D_ Here and there,_x000D_ Till the air_x000D_ And the ground_x000D_ Shall be fill'd with life anew.
O love, O fire! once he drew With one long kiss my whole soul through My lips, as sunlight drinketh dew.
But thy strong Hours indignant work’d their wills, And beat me down and marr’d and wasted me, And tho’ they could not end me, left me maim’d To dwell in presence of immortal youth, Immortal age beside immortal youth, And all I was, in ashes. - Tithonus
I don't know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets.
The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.
We are facing a tipping point of environmental crisis unprecedented in human history and our very survival is dependent on protecting nature.
Clouds of a different sort signal an environmental holocaust without precedent. Once again, world leaders waffle, hoping the danger will dissipate. Yet today the evidence is as clear as the sounds of glass shattering in Berlin.
Is the minor convenience of allowing the present generation the luxury of doubling its energy consumption every 10 years worth the major hazard of exposing the next 20,000 generations to this lethal waste?
Because God created the Natural - invented it out of His love and artistry - it demands our reverence.
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